Battery-box



Zitti titi citizen of ieee] tpeciflcetion et Letters Patent.

To @It wilma :it met; conceive: m

tie :it tineke Vtheft it, @nomen M. EATON; e the 7Unitedl tetee, I'eeiciingg at V P* in 'the cmilfity` ef Decatur and @tete et thingie, herve invented ceitein new eind ueetui iimpi'ovenients in e i'etteifylcx, et which the ifclieving; is e' epeciticetien.

'm "mention rcietee te *battery boxes ci" 1 jpictectwc ceeinge c ''Liiemebjecteii the invention is te provide e buttery tieni ci* px'eteetce designed eepe cieliy steif nee cn Fei-d cere the hetteriee et which ete new enpictectcd.

tace: 'that it niey be menntmztm'ef* and Selci. et e, minimum test :imi yet will :inerti maxi# inten pi'ctectien .te the battey' Without neceeeitet' ie; etw chenge whetevei in .the

l incifeeeing iteefticiency and. pirelengi; me; ite .inte Y ,itnetiie abject ie te picvide enclin e, protiictei" in time teem ci? e. Sheet metei (seeing: netting cebie cpeniiige ptctected by ieenietim; neetet'iei. te ptet/'ent sheet cifcnitng eiieetd. ieeuietien cn the cambie become Wcn er. ethei'wiee iiiejiffi-efi "itfitii these enti. ether ebjecte in View, the intention ecnsiete in cettein nevel teetniee et ceiietiuctien ee hereinafter shown enti cteecribe., emi 'then epeeificaliy pointed out in the cieiime enti in the dmvinge iitnetietive et' the preferred. emtiediment et the inventieno tn the eccempenying; difese/ing:

t ligure 'i yetnfeecnte e neepective View et battery beit ecnetiucted in ecccnence with this inventicitn V i. f ie Weetieei eecten ttieieci".

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tt ie te evetceme tine eiejectien thet tiiie intentien ie designed enel ee einjfwn the pretectei? etmetlttitlng the nwentien etiiei object ie te ec'cenetinct .en-ch etf buttery ci in the stendere equipment et the prises e bex l Shaped te conform te the shape of the battery* to be protected and et e size to snugly tit Such battery so that the bex Will occupy e minimum amount of Specie, n feet requiring substantieliy n0 more eprice than the unprotected battery. To tit the betteiee new used by such eers the bm: siweid be about ten inches deep.J seven and cnehelt inches Wide and nine envi t'hi'eefcuethe inches'lcng, the dimensions et' contee being eiteiei. tc fit the battery fm which it is intended if it is found necessary te dc ee. This boli l :is heee shown. is tenlsguer in terne anti is composed ptet .ily et jepenned tin elticugh it tney be eein'ggiceefi ci? tiny other sheet nieteiv The bettc'm it et the box is peitcretect es shown et 3 te peiinit any liquid. Such the evernew from. the better te pese out ot the beit. The "upper edges et t e adjacent eide and' enti of the box indicated et 4; end 5 lieve iecesses (i tei'med-ti1-e1ein tc receive the cebiee which iced. item the iiettei'ies. These ieceeeee (i me here ehewn semcirculei in toene end ei'e designed te register with 'eimileriy ehepefi lereeseee 8 termed in the Henges 9 et the ci sure T. This closure 7 has the tiengee t thereof dependii'ig therefrom eicumi beth its end and side edgee end is adepte@ te ennpjy tit the upper' emi et the bolt end be heid tiicticneiy in engagement tiieieewith ec thet nc other feetening ineens fet" the cioeuteeie neceesery.

This tenge 9 is else provided et dienietet ceiiy opposite `peinte with recesses 'l0 which, designed tc permit the hendlee et the betteilgf 'to project therethrough. The cable fece-Wing recesses e and t? ete faced. with e suitebie ineuieting materiei shown et 'it efiepted. te pretect the cables freni the nee-tei.

ct the bex end ite closure should. the inserite tien en the ceblee become Worn or @inheemse injnteti end tiene prevent Short ciifcuiting. ltemiiee L93 taire secured to the cutei1 et' the @ppt end flanges of the cieeui'e i preferente et ciegcnelly opposite peints enti ere resigned to tecilitete the eppiiceticn enti temcvei et the closure Without intere-A ;teiiiig in eey wey with adjacent perte cit the eetemciciie.

@From the above descripticn it will be ciwicns ttiet this bex i may be menntectureit end eeid et e very 10W coe-t anni when the ieetterfy ie inserted therein. it will be fully' titi protected and sand or water prevented from gettinginto it thus increasing its eiiieiency and prolonging its life. f The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in .the drawings and set forth in the-specification, but it will be a sheet metal box of a size and shape to snugly lit the battery in oonneetion with which it is to be used, Suid box open at its 'upper end and having recesses ln'gthe top edges of two of its walls, av closure for said box having a depending flange with refofcesses therein positioned" to register with n those in the box, and rotective insulating means arranged aroun said recesses.

2. A protector for automobile storage batteries comprising a sheet metal box of u size and shape to snugly fit the battery in connection wlth which it iS to be used, said box being open at its upper end and having recesses 1n the top edges of two of its walls, a closure for said box havin a depending flange with recesses t ierein positioned to register with these in-the .box, and protective insulating means arranged around said recesses, the end flanges of said top having cutout portions for the handles of the battery and having handles arranged at diagonally opposite pointson said fianges.

In testimony whereof, I aix my signature hereto.

GEORGE M. EATON.` 

